GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Flout (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
   
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   Phillida flouts me. Walton.
   
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   Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. Byron.
   
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   Flout, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
   
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   Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.
   
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   Flout, n. A mock; an insult.
   
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   Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
   
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